I have a GE Nautilus dishwasher. I recently started hearing a clicking noise during my dishwasher cycle. It seems to becoming from behind the access panel on the left hand side of the machine. There are no draining or wash problems - just this new noise.

The pump/motor assembly on these dishwashers have a soft food cutter
that helps to cut up smal soft food particles. This may be your problem.

These cutter blades can sometimes get loose or something can get hung
up in them like a broken piece of glass or some other pieces of trash
that they can not handle.

You can access these blades by removing the sump cover near the rear of
the bottom of the inside of the dishwasher. remove the bottom rack and
take a couple of screws out of the sump cover. you can feel down in
the sump and see if there is any trash caught up here or in the blades.

If this is not the problem and you have an older dishwasher - you could
have a problem with a loose fan blade in the motor. If this is the case I
would run it til it dies. The motor/pump assembly is about $125+.
The newer motors are a lot quieter.

The pump/motor assembly on these dishwashers have a soft food cutter that helps to cut up smal soft food particles. This may be your problem.

These cutter blades can sometimes get loose or something can get hung up in them like a broken piece of glass or some other pieces of trash that they can not handle.

You can access these blades by removing the sump cover near the rear of the bottom of the inside of the dishwasher. remove the bottom rack and take a couple of screws out of the sump cover. you can feel down in the sump and see if there is any trash caught up here or in the blades.

If this is not the problem and you have an older dishwasher - you could have a problem with a loose fan blade in the motor. If this is the case I would run it til it dies. The motor/pump assembly is about $125+. The newer motors are a lot quieter.

How about the same machine not pressurinzing the water to spray around in there??The motor is spinning. It just quit pumping...just gurgles out of the spray mast.Any ideas on that?

CooWell....that sure was helpful!
How about the same machine not pressurinzing the water to spray around in there??
The motor is spinning. It just quit pumping...just gurgles out of the spray mast.
Any ideas on that?
Coo

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That usually comes from the main wash head being reinstalled without the white washer which provides a smooth surface for it to glide on, or it has cracked and fallen off, OR it's mounter to the head and has simply eroded.

The same thing happens with my dishwasher. I have made it work by doing the following. When you start up the cycle, turn the dial to just a tick before "start." If you hear the buzzing, but no water is running, unlock and then lock the dishwasher door again. This usually gets it running. If it's still not running water, unlock, advance the dial a little bit, and lock again. This should work. You need to be around for the early parts of the dishwashing cycle because this machine tends to stop up and buzz without running water until it gets past "short wash." Every time this happens, do the same thing, unlock and lock, and advance the dial a little when necessary. Once you get past "short wash," it should complete the wash without intervention.

Check disposer plug. If a garbage disposer has been recently installed, it is possible the disposer drain plug was not removed. The drain plug is a plastic piece in the disposer that blocks the hole where the dishwasher hose connects. Also check the hose connected to the disposal. Mine apparently had a kink in it. When I straightened the hose the dishwasher drained at full speed (I recently had a plumber re-route a hot waterline. He must has bent the hose). Hope this helps. If not go to the GE website. That's where I found my answer.